Total votes
5-11 votes
11-16+ votes
For our 6th VoteTopic of the year, young people have been sharing their views on new proposals to tackle anti-social behaviour. As the Crime & Policing Bill makes its way through Parliament, a key question has emerged: should ‘Respect Orders’ apply to 16-year olds? First outlined in the Labour Party’s manifesto, Respect Orders aim to ban individuals who repeatedly act antisocially from town and city centres, or from drinking in public places such as high streets and parks. This report presents the results of the vote and reveals what young people think about these proposals and how they believe respect and responsibility should be encouraged in their communities.
Secondary and College students explored, “Should ‘Respect Orders’ apply to 16-year olds?”, while Primary 9-11 pupils considered, "Will ‘Respect Orders’ work?" and Primary 5-9 pupils discussed, “Do rules always help you feel safe?”
65,400 young people took part in this vote.
We don't think this will work as previous efforts like ASBO didn't work. We don't think the consequences or rules of the behaviour order are enough of a deterrent.
We think that it doesn't matter your age, if you are anti-social then there should be some sort of consequence. We all agree that respect orders should be in place for 16-year olds.
While there has been an increase in anti-social behaviour, 16 years old is too young to criminalise behaviour and respect orders may disproportionately target minority groups.
